WD: Cannot Cancel Find Record Search

ID: Q130568

The information in this article applies to:

• Microsoft Word for Windows, versions 6.0, 6.0a, 6.0c
• Microsoft Word for Windows NT, version 6.0
• Microsoft Word for Windows 95, versions 7.0, 7.0a
• Microsoft Word for the Macintosh, versions 6.0, 6.0.1, 6.0.1a

SYMPTOMS

When you click the Find Record button to search for a particular record in a mail merge document, pressing ESC (on the Macintosh, pressing COMMAND+. [period]) may have no effect.

NOTE: The status bar shows the message "Press ESC to cancel" (on the Macintosh, the status bar shows "Press Command+. to cancel"). However, pressing ESC may not cancel the search.

WORKAROUND

There is no workaround for this problem. You must wait until Word has finished searching the data records.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was corrected in Microsoft Word 98 Macintosh Edition.

Keywords          : wordnt word8 winword kbmerge ntword macword word6 word7 word95 
Version           : WINDOWS:6.0,6.0.1,6.0.1a; MACINTOSH:6.0,6.0a,6.0c,7.0,7.0a
Platform          : MACINTOSH WINDOWS
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbnofix

Last Reviewed: December 2, 1998